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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Twelve years ago this month, nearly three thousand innocent men, women, and children lost their lives in attacks meant to terrorize our Nation. They had been going about their day, harming no one, when sudden violence struck. We will never undo the pain and injustice borne that terrible morning, nor will we ever forget those we lost.

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dust, the spirit of America shone through. We remember the sacrifice of strangers and first responders who rushed into darkness to carry others from danger.

We remember the unbreakable bonds of unity we felt in the long days that followed — how we held each other, how we came to our neighbors’ aid, how we prayed for one another. We recall how Americans of every station joined together to support the survivors in their hour of need and to heal our Nation in the years that followed.

Today, we can honor those we lost by building a Nation worthy of their memories. Let us also live up to the selfless example of the heroes who gave of themselves in the face of such great evil. As we mark the anniversary of September 11, I invite all Americans to observe a National Day of Service and Remembrance by uniting in the same extraordinary way we came together after the attacks.

Like the Americans who chose compassion when confronted with cruelty, we can show our love for one another by devoting our time and talents to those in need. I encourage all Americans to visit www.

Serve.gov, or www.Servir. gov for Spanish speakers, to find ways to get involved in their communities.

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As we serve and remember, we reaffirm our ties to one another. On September 11, 2001, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family. May the same be said of us today, and always.

By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89), the Congress has designated September 11 of each year as “Patriot Day,” and

by Public Law 111-13, approved April 21, 2009, the Congress has requested the observance of September 11 as an annually recognized “National Day of Service and Remembrance.”

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 11, 2013, as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. I call upon all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States to display the flag of the United States at half-staff on Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance in honor of the individuals who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

I invite the Governors of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and interested organizations and individuals to join in this observance. I call upon the people of the

United States to participate in community service in honor of those our Nation lost, to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities, including remembrance services, and to observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time to honor the innocent victims who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.

BARACK OBAMA

Governor Marks Growth in Tech Sector

Governor Matt Mead continues to push for expansion of Wyoming’s technology sector. This has been an ongoing initiative for Governor Mead who sees great potential for more data centers to locate in Wyoming. He also believes that creating more access to high-speed internet will create more opportunities for businesses and individuals alike.

“As we see where we are today compared to where we were a few years ago I think we have made significant strides,” Governor Mead said. He notes that at the beginning of 2013 there were 95 Ethernet sites at Wyoming schools. Heading into this school year there are 170 additional sites.

Ethernet sites increase data download and upload capabilities.

“When I took office we had two cities that had Ethernet at schools. We now have that capacity in schools in 27 more towns and cities in Wyoming and many new educational opportunities for students and teachers come with it,” Governor Mead said.

Expanding high-speed internet access to schools means more access to the same technologies are available for private individuals and companies as well.

Governor Mead is waiting to see the October revenue forecast, but he is considering asking the Legislature to fund a unified network.

That network would be a series of fiber optic connections for state government

buildings and schools. The build out would mean even faster, more reliable internet connections for all.

“Our students need reliable and high-speed internet connections to have access to the same information as students on the other side of the globe,” Governor Mead said. “The state, through the unified network, can bring this infrastructure to rural communities so they can have the

best connections for education, health care, communications and other purposes.

This network would be built

by Wyoming broadband providers and would be another way to support the investments these companies have already made.”

Governor Mead is also hosting the 2nd annual Wyoming Broadband Summit on October 29th. This summit will build on last year’s summit and encourage

broadband innovation and growth. Recently, Governor Mead attended the groundbreaking for an expansion of Green House Data in Cheyenne. That company is building a new 35,000 square foot data center facility. Governor Mead continues to support incentives for data centers, which are a great fit for Wyoming’s economy, geography and climate.

Wyoming State Fair Hay Show Winners

Producers from around the state earned winning titles recently for their premium hay at the Wyoming State Fair Hay Show.

Producers competed in the Open Hay Show, sponsored by the Wyoming Business Council Agribusiness Division, in three forage divisions: alfalfa, mixed hay, grass hay.

Grand Champion titles by division went to: • Alfalfa - David Hinman, Hardrock Farms, Wheatland, Wyo • Mixed Hay - David Hinman, Hardrock Farms, Wheatland, Wyo. • Grass Hay - Dwayne Anderson, Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Hinman also won the Best of Show and Premier Hay Exhibitor titles, which recognizes the exhibitor who has the most entries placing the highest among all four divisions.

Final placement in each class was determined by using forage analysis results examined by Ward Laboratory in Kearney, Neb., as well as the physical appearance of each sample. The contest was judged

by Dr. Anowar Islam from the University of Wyoming. The four most important values in the chemical analysis are: relative feed

value (RFV) score, crude protein, total digestible nutrient (TDN ) percentage and relative feed quality score. The physical qualities of a forage sample must contain a bright green color, soft stems and leaves, excellent leaf retention in the sample and be obviously free of any mold, weeds and any other foreign objects.

Additionally, the Business Council will forward several entries on to the World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., Sept. 31-Oct. 5.

Those include: Alfalfa o David Hinman, Kellie Hinman and Hard Rock Farms – Wheatland, Wyo. o Harlan Fegler – Araphaho, Wyo. o Robert Baumgartner – Yoder, Wyo. Grass Hay o David Hinman – Wheatland, Wyo. o Dwayne Anderson – Pine Bluffs, Wyo. o Gerry Danko – Powell, Wyo. o Anderson Livestock – Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Wyoming producers have won or placed extremely high in the commercial hay division at the World Dairy Expo for the last several years.

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97 Percent of Parents Dread Long Family Car Trips: Keep Boredom at Bay Submitted by StatePoint Media etting out for a family road trip? While your destination promises memorable fun, simply “getting there” can be stressful.

In fact, 97 percent of parents dread spending more than an hour in the car with their kids, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by BabyCenter. com on behalf of VTech, a maker of age-appropriate and developmental stagebased electronic learning products for children.

“Most problems parents face while traveling with their kids stem from boredom,” says Dr. Helen Boehm, psychologist and VTech consultant. “Kids are engaged during their school day where their minds are constantly active and soaking up knowledge.

But the learning doesn’t have to stop in the car.”

It’s all about engaging kids with fun and educational experiences, Boehm says.

To keep the boredom at bay and make family travel more enjoyable, try these fun tips on your next family road trip: • Teach by observation: Look for landmarks along the way and discuss their history and importance. If the trip allows, stop at sites such as museums and aquariums. Look for license plates and talk about what each person knows about

the state. Make a list of all the license plates spotted.

• Incorporate learning toys: Learning toys are a great way to help children stay mentally sharp during vacations, while also allowing them to explore and have fun. Look for an educational, developmental toy like VTech’s InnoTab 3S Learning Tablet, which offers interactive game play and learning fun on such subjects as reading, math, social studies and science.

With Wi-Fi, children can explore approved websites on the kid-safe web browser and use the “VTech Kid Connect” app to stay connected to their friends.

• Take time for rest stops: A quick break can alleviate the choruses of, “Are we there yet?” and also allow for teachable moments. If there are parks or nature walks along the way, kids can look for animals, collect interesting plants, leaves and stones and try to identify them.

• Pack a boredom bag: Parents can keep kids engaged with a fully stocked “boredom bag,” complete with books on their favorite subjects. For example, VTech’s Touch & Teach Word Book offers interactive touch pages that help children learn letters, music, sounds and more than 100 words.

A small notebook and pencil is great for drawing

and lets kids explore their creative side. Pack small craft items like pipe cleaners and construction paper. Or use flashcards to introduce them to a variety of new topics, such as letters, numbers, colors and animals.

More tips for learning fun can be found at www.vtechkids.com/parenting.

With some simple planning and prep, parents don’t have to dread road trips and can enjoy not just the destination, but the journey as well.

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UW Scientist and Olympian to Appear in ‘NBC Learn’ t the 2006 Winter Olympics, Sarah Konrad, framed against the backdrop of a large glacier, enthusiastically discussed the looming ice formation with a television reporter. However, the talk about the subject of her doctoral dissertation never made the airwaves.

However, the Olympian, who competed in Nordic skiing and the biathlon at the Torino Winter Olympics in 2006, finally got her shot to discuss what she terms her “geeky” side. Demonstrating experiments with water and ice in the “cold lab” in the University of Wyoming S.H. Knight Geology Building, Konrad is now the subject of an NBC Learn segment, which was taped Aug. 27.

“Now, I’ll finally get my science piece in,” says Konrad, who has been associate project director for Wyoming’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) since December.

NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, creates stories, images and primary source documents that are available on demand to teachers, students and parents. NBC Learn, which has been in existence for seven years, also has created many awardwinning programs, including “Science of the Winter Olympic Games.”

“They develop webbased videos for teachers to use in the classroom,” Konrad explains. “For the past two Olympic games, they have done a series specifically related to the science of Olympic sport.

It’s associated with the whole STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) movement. NBC Learn is partnering with the National Science Foundation (NSF).”

In the spotlight

For her segment, Konrad was interviewed by Caleb Medders, producer of NBC News/NBC Learn. She discussed the science of snow and how it relates to Nordic skiing.

“In general, to people, snow’s just snow,” Konrad says. “But, its properties are really interesting. Depending on the snow, it can control the outcome of a race.”

For example, Konrad referenced a 2010 biathlon (the event combines Nordic skiing and rifle shooting) at the Vancouver Olympics when the U.S. men’s team was hindered by snow conditions. Some competitors started under clear skies.

Other competitors left the starting line later, after it began to snow. When a ski runs across new snow crystals, those crystals are

pointy and make the snow slow.

“If snow sits in the sun a couple days and the sun is on it, the points on the crystal will melt,” Konrad says. “Crystals will become rounder and smaller, like ball bearings. At that point, you can ski across snow much more quickly.”

The fastest skiing conditions occur when snow is several degrees below that melting point, when the surface of ice crystals is close to the point of being water, a condition Konrad termed as “molecular looseness.”

“It allows the sliding on ice,” she says.

But, if the snow is too close to the melting point, the presence of water in the snowpack causes suction, reducing ski speed.

In the “cold lab,” which is set at 25 degrees Fahrenheit, Konrad demonstrated to the NBC television crew how to instantly freeze water by hitting a bottle of the distilled liquid. The agitation resulted in the water visibly turning to ice.

“It (pounding on bottle) gives it energy. It kick-starts it,” Konrad says.

In another experiment using a measuring glass and a funnel, Konrad used a hammer to break ice into chunks. She poured salt onto the ice chunks. As the salt accumulated on the ice chunks, the thermometer’s temperature visibly plummeted -- and quickly.

“It hardens the snowpack. It makes the ski trail hard, essentially,” Konrad says of the experiment that simulates what is done to make a ski trail optimal for racing.

Konrad received her doctorate in geology (with a specialty in glaciology) from UW; her master’s degree in geology from the University of Washington; and her bachelor’s degree in earth sciences from Dartmouth College.

The NBC crew shot about an hour of footage, which will be pared down to a 5-minute segment, one of 10 in the series, Medders says. The segments will be posted on the NBC Learn website about a week before the Winter Olympics, he adds.

Combining science and sport

Konrad says she learned about NBC Learn while attending an EPSCoR meeting in Washington, D.C., during May. She provided her business card to an NSF liaison. NSF partners with NBC and other groups to support the educational series.

“As both an Olympian and a scientist, I thought I might have something to contribute to the program,” Konrad says.

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In 2006, at age 38, Konrad became the first U.S. female Olympian to qualify in two sports -- Nordic skiing and the biathlon -- for one Olympic Games. She competed in four events in Torino, Italy, finishing 14th in the women’s crosscountry relay. Konrad also placed 32nd (and the first American) in the women’s Nordic 30-kilometer event.

Konrad won her first national Nordic skiing title in 2004 and competed in World Cup cross-country and biathlon events during 2005. Konrad also is a previous three-event national collegiate cycling champion at UW. She won the 2001 National Collegiate Cycling Association national road championships.

“Not only is she a glaciologist, she’s an Olympian,” Medders says of why Konrad is a good fit for the series.

While Konrad’s competitions are now regional biathlons and bike races, she still maintains strong Olympic ties. For the past four years, Konrad was the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) athlete representative for biathlon. Now, she serves as chair of the USOC Athletes Advisory Council, which oversees 47 athlete representatives for all of the various Olympic and Paralympic sports.

In her position, she will attend the Sochi Winter Olympics, which take place Feb. 7-23, 2014. Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, which is located on the Black Sea coast near the border between Georgia/ Abkhazia and Russia. She also will attend the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

“I think it’s cool,” she says of the science that will be shown on NBC Learn.

“Hopefully, the kids will think it’s cool, too.”

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Burned Areas from 1988 Yellowstone Fires Aid Research Submitted by Kelsey Dayton - wyofile.com t was the driest summer on record. The first fire began June 14, 1988, just outside Yellowstone National Park on Storm Creek. It was a small start to what would become an infamous year of fire that would burn until mid-September when snow would help extinguish the flames.

More than 50 fires would ignite in Yellowstone that summer impacting 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park.

The cold fronts pushed through one after another only bringing wind and lightning. “The weather was horrendous, or perfect depending on how you look at it, for fires,” said Daniel Tinker, associate professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Botany and Pro gram Ecology.

While it’s easy to first see the fires as destructive, they also created an incredible opportunity — a chance for long-term studies of everything from insects to wildlife to water to look at how a big fire like the 1988 blazes changes the landscape beyond the obvious charred tree skeletons.

“Yellowstone is sort of the perfect laboratory for it because it’s so large,” Tinker said.

Yellowstone, as a National Park, had little human impact compared to most forests. There were few roads and the park wasn’t logged heavily like many national forests. T he park’s landscape gave an unusual opportunity to see how fires burn naturally and how the ecosystem responds.

It also is providing a chance to predict how fires will burn the area in the future.

While researchers are required to obtain permits to work in Yellowstone National Park, it’s hard to know how many projects are linked directly to the 1988 fires, said park spokesman Al Nash. There are hundreds of projects linked to f ire ecology and impacts and a search for work with “1988 fires” specifically in a reports title yielded studies on coyotes, recolonization of lichen and mosses, insect response, and whitebark pine regeneration.

Tinker’s work, which includes years of data collection from the park — some of which has already been published — will eventually incorporate the use of a supercomputer to show how forests respond and regenerate after a fire, how the landscape changes over time and how it could burn again. The three-dimensional fire simulations will show how these young forests might burn and how that is different from old forests.

While there had been major fires before, the ones in Yellowstone erupted at

a time when fire science was changing, Tinker said.

Policy began to include suppression tactics like prescribed burns and there was more interest in understanding fire behavior than just simply putting out the flames. Scientists saw the 1988 fires as a chance to look at the consequences of fire on the landscape and collect some of the first baseline data from a long term study of a natural event and its impact on forest regrowth.

Tinker joined a study team in 1991 that began research the year after the fire collecting data on 2500 square meter plots.

They measured biodiversity, nutrient cycling and productivity of the plots, returning almost every year to re-measure until 2001 and then going back in 2012 and 2013.

Some trees are regenerating up to 50 trees per square meter, which is incredibly dense, Tinker said.

Other stands are coming back significantly thinner.

And there are stand with everything in between, Tinker said.

Researchers also found little of the wood on the ground burned - in some areas only 8 percent. “That was a big surprise to us,” Tinker said.

The bio diversity also intrigued researchers. Most stands had big jumps in the number of species counted in 1999 compared to 2012.

“We’re just astounded at the plant biodiversity,” Tinker said.

There hasn’t been much work done following a 25year- old forest from the start. So while they knew biodiversity would increase, they didn’t know at what rate and for how long. Same with productivity of the tree stands, or how much the trees grow each year.

The research is providing one of the first long- term data sets, Tinker said. It is also providing a way to predict how future fires could burn.

In 2011, scientist Tony Westerling published data

predicting major fires, like those in 1988, used to occur every 100 to 300 years, but by mid-century could occur every 30 years. That study used data in Yellowstone up to 1999 and large landscape modeling.

Tinker and his graduate student, Kellen Nelson, will use the supercomputer to look at each stand of trees and all the variables, like how the wind changes and how far apart the trees are in each stand.

Each stand is a little different so the computer evaluates each individually showing how a fire would burn through it.

The modeling shows what will happen under different fire conditions using the specifics collected by the researchers, like how much fuel is on the surface and the height of the trees.

Tinker said he isn’t trying to disprove Westerling, who used sound science and research, but he’s trying to take it a step farther incorporating more recent data and more variables specific to each stand to see how fire would react at the stand level.

“We don’t know if it can burn every 30 years,” Tinker said.

Current fire models look at the whole landscape and don’t account for variations from stand-to-stand in variables like f oliage moisture levels or bulk density levels or the wind that blows between two trees.

“It doesn’t get down into the weeds where the fire actually burns,” he said.\ The computer modeling Tinker and Nelson will use can take two specific trees and incorporate the distance between them and the log on the ground. It takes into account how a moving fire front would dry out the trees in the stand and then how it would change as it moved into a different stand.

Tinker is going to run as many different scenarios as possible to see how fire behavior varies in different conditions and forest densities.

They are constantly resampling the plots and looking at how productivity, or the amount of bio-mass a tree adds through growing a thicker trunk and more needles, changes over time.

The data can show on average how much the trees are changing, and that data can help predict the landscape productivity and show the recoverability of the forests without human intervention.

“It’s telling us a lot about the natural and inherent resilience of these stands,” Tinker said. “And that directly relates to management. We can begin to ask questions about if restoration of all the forests out here is necessary.”

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September 5, 2013

- At 12:24 AM to Desert Hills Circle for a medical assist.

- At 4:05 AM to E. Timothy for a medical assist.

- At 10:16 AM to the area of Van Brunt Court for an unknown hazardous material investigation with no hazardous material found.

- At 11:26 AM to 102 West Laramie Street for a residential fire alarm.

Responding fire units cancelled when it was learned to be a false alarm.

- At 6:01 PM to the 800 block of Nogales Way for a medical assist.

- At 6:13 PM to just west of Gillette Avenue on Second Street for a two vehicle traffic accident. Firefighters assisted EMS Personnel in loading one patient into the ambulance. Firefighters applied absorbent material to transmission fluid spilled onto the roadway.

- At 6:36 PM to Eagles Nest Circle for a medical assist.

- At 8:39 to Sierra Drive for a medical assist.

- At 12:33 AM to 1801 Cliff Davis Drive (Wingate Inn) for a fire alarm. A check of the building revealed no fire. A smoke detector malfunctioned.

- At 2:28 AM to the 1000 block of Christinck Avenue for a medical assist.

- At 12 :14 PM to the Collins Rd, near Elk Creek Rd. for a 2.1 acre fire in the timber that was started by lighting.

- At 12:34 PM to the Buffalo Creek Rd. for a quarter acre timber fire started by lighting.

- At 2:49 PM to 1209 Dillon Ct. for a cut gas line. A fencing contractor cut the 2 inch line using a drilling auger. Firefighters and Source Gas employees were able to clamp the line with the assistance of the City of Gillette and their VAC truck.

- At 5:58 PM to the Buffalo Creek Rd. for a 2 acre timber fire started by lighting.

- At 6:26 PM to Crestline Circle for an EMS assist.

- At 2:45 PM to Boxelder Rd. and Garner Lake Rd. for a 2 vehicle accident.

- At 8:23 PM to the area of mm 131 N. Highway 59 for a reported grass fire.

Firefighters in the area reported that heavy rain put the fire out before it could be located.

- At 9:00 PM to E. Lakeway Rd. for a 2 vehicle accident with injuries.

- At 11:08 PM to Independence Dr. for an EMS assist.

September 7, 2013

- At 5:53 AM to the 3800 block of Red Lodge Dr. for a fire alarm activation.

- At 7:04 AM to Sage Ct. for an EMS assist.

- At 8:58 AM to Hoback for an EMS assist.

- At 10:36 AM to Cliff Davis Dr. for an EMS assist.

- At 12:48 PM to the Collins Rd. for a timber fire less than acre in size started by Lightning.

- At 12:48 PM to the Spring Creek Rd. for a 1 acre fire in grass, sage brush and timber started by lightning.

- At 3:11 PM to Weischedel Rd. for a timber fire 1 acre in size started by lightning.

- At 3:31 PM to 1801 Four J Rd. (Children’s Center) for an automatic fire alarm activation. Crews were unable to determine what set off the alarm, it was reset.

- At 4:26 PM to 152 N. Highway 59 for a 1 acre grass fire started by lightning.

- At 5:27 PM to the Collins Rd. for a half acre timber fire started by lightning.

- At 5:30 PM to Chris Ln. for an EMS assist.

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- At 7:38 p.m. to Echeta Road for an EMS assist.

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September 9, 2013

- At 12:30 PM to the 700 block of Beech Street for a medical assist.

- At 12:36 PM to 1299 Raymond Street (Volunteers of America) for a smoke odor. Nothing burning found. A dry floor drain trap was found.

- 2:44 PM to the 300 block of East 8th Street for a medical assist.

- At 3:04 PM to Union Chapel Road for a medical assist.

- At 3:27 PM to the 900 block of West 8th Street for a medical assist.

- At 4:29 PM to the intersection of South Highway 59 and East Sinclair Street for a vehicle bicycle accident (minor injury to cyclist).

- At 4:48 PM to Barber Creek Road for a tank battery explosion/fire (column of black smoke was reported seen as far as Montana).

Firefighters shut two pump jacks off that were feeding oil to the burning tank battery and extinguished the fire. Powder River Energy disconnected electricity going to the oil field location due to fire damage to the power lines and power pole. An explosion in a 100 barrel oil tank caused the top of the tank to blow off and come to rest approximately 50 feet away. The oil in the exploded tank was lost to the fire. An adjacent tank received heat damage from the fire but the oil inside it was believed to be salvageable. The cause for the fire is undetermined.

Preliminary fire damage estimate is $12,000. There were no injuries.

- At 5:45 to 1218 Highway 50 for a smoke column reported 1 to 2 miles west of there. It was determined the smoke column was from the Barber Creek Road Fire.

- At 6:05 PM to the 300 block of East Boxelder Road for a medical assist.

- At 9:42 PM to the Gray Road for a medical assist.

- At 9:44 PM to the 100 block of South Gillette Avenue for a medical assist.

September 6, 2013

- At 2:26 AM to Eagles Nest Circle for an EMS assist.

- At 2:58 AM to N. Garner Lake Rd. for a 2 acre fire burning in grass and timber. This fire was started by a downed power line.

- At 3:49 AM to Soda Wells Rd. for an EMS assist.

- At 7:47 AM to 5505 Mohan Rd. for an automatic fire alarm, it was determined the alarm was pulled intentionally.

- At 8:02 AM to the 1300 block of O’Shannon Dr. for a Haz-Mat response.

- At 10:17 AM to 2nd Street and Miller Avenue for a 2 vehicle accident with engine coolant leaking.

- At 1:40 PM PM to the area of Buffalo Creek Rd. for a timber fire. The fire was started by lightning and contained at 4 acres, crews remain on scene.

- At 1:43 PM to HWY 51 for a possible 4-wheeler accident, units cancelled enroute, CCSO determined there was not an accident.

- At 2:35 PM to the area of Bitter Creek Rd. for a timber fire, the fire was started by lightning and contained to 2 acres, crews remain on scene.

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- At 12:13 a.m. to the area of O Court in Freedom Hills for an unknown fire.

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- At 7:11 a.m. to Oregon Avenue for an EMS assist.

- At 12:37 p.m. to 100 East 7th Street for a fire alarm activation. Upon arrival to the scene CCFD was informed that a juvenile accidentally activated a pull station and the alarm had been reset.

- At 5:03 p.m. to 2610 South Douglas HWY, suite 210, for a smoke detector activation. Upon arrival to the scene it was determined that the detector never activated but was malfunctioning. The alarm company was called to make the necessary repairs.

- At 5:24 p.m. to North HWY 59 for an EMS assist.

- At 5:37 p.m. to Vivian Court for a 2 gallon oil spill.

The spill was washed away by heavy rains before it could be cleaned up.

- At 7:11 p.m. to 40 Bomber Mountain Road for a gas well fire. CCFD responded to the scene and upon arrival found a fire burning on a well head. Attempts to shut down the well were unsuccessful and the fire was allowed to burn until the gas completely vented off; the well continues to burn as of this morning.

- At 7:34 p.m. to the area of Adon and Heppner Road

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The Wyoming Public Service Commission (Commission) has authorized MGTC, Inc. (MGTC) to pass on a net gas cost increase of $1.2169 per MMBtu for Small General Service (SGS) and Large General Service (LGS) customers, with a proposed effective date of September 1, 2013.

The proposed increase is attributable to a projected increase in the wholesale cost of gas of $0.3630 per MMBtu and an increase of $0.8539 per MMBtu in the Commodity Balancing Account (CBA) surcharge credit. The pass-on would increase MGTC’s annual revenues by about $440,897, and would be passed on to its customers on a dollar-for-dollar basis. The approval granted herein is subject to notice, protest, investigation, opportunity for hearing, change, refund, and such other orders as the Commission may deem appropriate.

The average residential customer using about 14.6 MMBtu monthly may expect a monthly bill increase, before taxes, of $17.70 or 30.52%. Actual bills will vary with usage.

Sections 249 and 250 of the Commission’s Rules allow a utility to pass on to its customers known or prospective wholesale commodity cost increases or decreases, subject to public notice, opportunity for hearing and refund.

MGTC’s application is on file with the Commission and in MGTC’s offices in Denver, Colorado, and may be inspected by any interested person during regular business hours.

Anyone who wants to file an intervention petition, request for a hearing, or a statement, protest, or public comment in this matter must file in writing with the Commission on or before October 9, 2013. Please mention Docket No. 30003-61-GP-13 when you call or write.

Intervention petitions and requests for a hearing must state the position and interest of the person so filing.

If you wish to intervene in this matter or request a public hearing that you will attend, or want to make a statement, protest or public comment, and you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or write to the Commission at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, to make arrangements.

Communications impaired persons may also contact the Commission by accessing Wyoming Relay at 711.

Dated: September 9, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s (Commission) Rules, the Commission hereby gives notice of the joint application of Platte Pipe Line Company, LLC (Platte), Spectra Energy Corp (Spectra Energy) and Spectra Energy Partners, LP (Spectra Partners) (collectively the Companies), for approval of a reorganization (proposed Transaction) as more fully described below.

Platte is a public utility as defined in W.S. § 37-1-101(a)(vi)(G) subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under W.S. § 37-2-112. It operates an interstate crude oil and petroleum transportation pipeline located in Wyoming which issubject to the Commission’s jurisdiction and is operated pursuant to intrastate tariffs. Platte is a Delaware Limited Liability Company with offices located in Alberta, Canada and it is authorized to conduct business in Wyoming. Spectra Partners is a Delaware limited partnership with offices in Houston, Texas. It operates gas pipelines and 3,500 miles of transmission pipeline in the United States. Spectra Energy Partners (DE) GP, LP is the general partner (General Partner) of Spectra Partners and Spectra Energy owns the majority of limited partner units of Spectra Partners.

The Companies filed their joint application with the Commission on August 9, 2013, pursuant to W.S. § 37-1-104 and Section 209 of the Commission’s Rules, requesting Commission approval to transfer the remaining 60% interest of Platte held

by Spectra Energy pursuant to § W.S. 37-2-205.

According to the Company, on August 5, 2013, Spectra Partners entered into a Contribution Agreement (Agreement) with Spectra Energy in which Spectra Energy proposes to contribute 100% of its US transmission and storage assets to Spectra Partners thereby increasing the size of Spectra Partners and expanding its financial flexibility and making it attractive to capital markets to fund future expansion As part of this transaction, Spectra Energy will transfer the remaining 60% ownership interest it has in Platte to Spectra Partners. Spectra Partners will become the ultimate parent of Platte, owning 100% of Platte through a subsidiary, Express Holdings (USA), LLC. The Companies represent its reorganization of Platte will result in no functional change to the operation of Platte’s pipeline transportation services in Wyoming.

Platte will continue to operate under its current rates and, will continue to be subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction. The personnel operating and maintaining the Platte facilities will not change as a result of the proposed Transaction.

The Company further states approval of the application will have no adverse impact on the public or other Wyoming utilities.

The Commission has specific authority over this proposed transaction pursuant to the provisions of W.S. § 37-1-104. Pursuant to the provisions of W.S. § 37-1-104, the Commission may approve a proposed reorganization, which is defined as any transaction which results in the change of ownership of a majority of the voting stock of a public utility, or a change in the ownership or control of any entity which owns or controls a majority of the voting capital stock of a public utility, unless, after public notice and opportunity for hearing it determines that the reorganization will adversely affect the utility’s ability to serve the public.

The joint application is on file with the Commission at its offices in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and may be inspected there by any interested person during regular business hours.

Anyone desiring to intervene and become a party to this proceeding or to file a statement, comment, protest, or request a hearing in this matter, must file the same with the Commission in writing on or before October 4 , 2013. Any petitions for intervention or hearing shall set forth the grounds of the proposed intervention or request for hearing and the position and interest of the petitioner.

For further information, or if you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, call the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or write the Commission at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002. Communications impaired persons may also contact the Commission through Wyoming Relay at 711. Please mention Docket No. 50009-22-PA-13 when you contact the Commission.

Dated: September 4, 2013.

September 10, 2013 - At 12:29 AM to the 2400 block of Angus Drive for a medical assist.

- At 7:45 AM to the intersection of Swanson Road and Southern Drive for a 2 vehicle crash. No one was injured in the collision and CCFD contained fluids leaking from the vehicles and disabled the electrical systems.

- At 12:28 PM to Fairview Road for a grass fire. Upon arrival to the scene CCFD extinguished a ½ acre fire that appeared to have been started by powerlines.

- At 2:55 PM to Four J Road for an EMS assist.

- At 3:11 PM to 1801 Cliff Davis Drive for an automatic fire alarm activation.

Upon arrival CCFD determined that smoke from soldering caused the alarm.

There was no fire and CCFD assisted in resetting the alarm system.

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September 13 - 20, 2013

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Featured Crime Burglary (August 23)

Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving a burglary that occurred at 409 W. 2nd St. (Old Casa Del Ray) during the early morning hours on 08-23-13. Unknown suspect(s) entered the construction area and stole (2) nail guns, a saw zall, a Dewalt drill, a Dewalt air compressor, (2) heavy duty extension cords, (2) boxes of nails, (2) boxes of staples and a 100 ft air hose.

If you have information that can solve this or any other crime please call Crime Stoppers at 686-0400. You can remain anonymous and may earn up to $1,000 in reward.

Ring of Fire to perform at CAM-PLEX Heritage Center

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Burma Avenue (lane closure)

The northbound lane of Burma Avenue from Echeta Road to Warlow Drive will be closed to through traffic from Monday, September 9th through Friday, September 13th while install a sanitary sewer main in Burma Avenue.

Northbound drivers are asked to reroute and cross the railroad tracks at Brooks Avenue or Highway 14/16. **Please note this closure is expected to end before the Gurley Overpass closure. This closure is for the 2012 Water & Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project and is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

Larch Street

Larch Street from Burma Avenue to 400’ east of Burma Avenue will be closed from Monday, September 9th through Monday, September 23rd while crews install a sanitary sewer main in Larch Street. This closure is for the 2012 Water & Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project and is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

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The Gurley Overpass will be closed to all traffic from Monday, September 16th through Saturday, September 28th while a contractor performs routine maintenance on the overpass.

The overpass was closed for one month in June of 2010 and has been closed for shorter durations since then to inspect the structure and perform routine maintenance.

“This closure is necessary for preventive maintenance.

We just ask that the public be patient and add some extra time to their commute to get around the closure. I am confident the work will be completed on schedule and hopefully ahead of schedule,” said Public Information Officer Joe Lunne. He added, “Drivers who use the Gurley Overpass are asked to use one of the other railroad crossings, including Brooks Avenue, Burma Avenue, Garner Lake Road, or the Highway 14/16 crossing.”

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September 13 - 20, 2013

UW Inaugural Biodiversity Science and Conservation Award Winners

obert and Jane Dorn and Chris Madson have received inaugural lifetime achievement awards from the University of WyomingBiodiversity Institute. They will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 5:30 p.m. at the UW Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center.

The Dorns, both from Lingle, will receive the Contributions to Biodiversity Science Award, which acknowledges their lifetime extensive research of plants and birds from Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain region. The Dorns’ publications on botany and ornithology are among the most widely used technical references for natural resource managers, field biologists and the public in Wyoming. Their work includes 22 books (or book chapters), including the Wyoming botanist’s bible, “The Vascular Plants of Wyoming,” and at least 23

articles and 26 technical reports.

Editor of the award-winning magazine “Wyoming Wildlife,” Madson, from Cheyenne, will receive the Contributions to Biodiversity Conservation Award, for his lifetime commitment to public education on Wyoming’s plants, animals and ecosystems.

“It is so appropriate, and so touching, that Bob and Jane Dorn and Chris Madson won the first Contributions to Biodiversity Science and Conservation awards,” says Carlos Martinez del Rio, UW Biodiversity Institute director. “They have truly revolutionized how we study and think about biodiversity in this state, and all of us -- not just ‘us’ from the Biodiversity Institute, but from all over Wyoming -- are grateful for their dedication and passion.”

The three were nominated by individuals from

around the state and beyond, then selected by a panel of biodiversity experts from throughout Wyoming.

“We welcome anyone who has been touched by Bob’s, Jane’s or Chris’s work to attend the ceremony,” Martinez del Rio says.

“These three individuals are cornerstones to biodiversity science and conservation, and showing your support and appreciation will make the award ceremony an even more special experience.”

A division of the UW Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, the Biodiversity Institute works to foster the understanding, appreciation and conservation of biological diversity through innovative research, education and outreach; and by engaging a broad audience in the scientific process.

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Chris Madson and his companions pose after a successful pheasant hunt. He received the Contributions to Biodiversity Conservation Award.

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What’s Going On? COMMUNITY Friday, September 13, 2013 -AA Midday Serenity Group 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 12pm -AA Happy Hour Group 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -AA Hopefuls Group 8pm -Little Tikes 10 a.m.

-Uncorked! 7 p.m.

-CCPL Used Book Sale -Artist of the Month Rita Lewis at C.C. Library -One on One Computer Classes at C.C. Public Library -AA Last Call Group 10pm -Walker Williams At Jakes Tavern -Wyoming State Bar Convention at Cam-Plex Energy Hall -Barrel Race-Fizz Bomb Futurity at Cam-Plex East Pavilion Saturday, September 14, 2013 -2013 Appraisal Fair at The Campbell County Rockpile Museum 9 a.m.

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-Pronghorn Painted 5k at the Gillette College 11 a.m.

-PET- A- PALOOZA at Cam-Plex Park Shelter 5 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

-Jenny Braig Marketing and Uncorked! 3: 30 – 5 p.m.

-Jenny Braig Uncorked 7 p.m.

-CCPL Used Book Sale -Teen Dungeons and Dragons at C.C. Public Library 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

-Wii Play 1 p.m.

-Teen Open Pay Gaming 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

-Walker Williams At Jakes Tavern -Barrel Race-Fizz Bomb Futurity at Cam-Plex East Pavilion -Jehovah’s Witnesses Assembly 9am-5pm at Cam-Plex Heritage Center -Concert-38 Special w/ Special Guest Katie Armiger at Cam-Plex Sunday, September 15, 2013 -CCPL Used Book Sale -AA Morning Spiritual Group 10:15 a.m.

-Jehovah’s Witnesses Assembly 9am-5pm at Cam-Plex Heritage Center -Barrel Race-Fizz Bomb Futurity at Cam-Plex East Pavilion Monday, September 16, 2013 -Memory of the 8 Walk Run at M&K Oil 901 S 4-J ROAD Registration at 4:30 p.m. starts at 5 p.m.

-AA Midday Serenity Group 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 12pm -AA Happy Hour Group 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm

-AA Hopefuls Group 8pm -AVA Community Center Featuring Sandi Aberle for the Month -CCPL Used Book Sale -Teen Dungeons and Dragons at C.C. Public Library 4p.m. – 6 p.m.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 -AA Midday Serenity Group 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 12pm -AA Happy Hour Group 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -AA Hopefuls Group 8pm -Small Business Seminar at the C.C Rec Center 6:30 -8:30 p.m.

-Pottery Planet at the AVA Community Center 4pm – 5pm -Kids Storytime at C.C. Library 10:30 -Teen Club Card at C.C. Library 4 p.m.

-Adult Amine Club (Age 18+) at C.C. Library 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 -AA Midday Serenity Group 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 12pm -AA Happy Hour Group 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -AA Hopefuls Group 8pm -Gillette Challenger League Games (Special Needs Children Games) Cam-Plex Central Pavilion 6pm -Science Demo - Doktor Kaboom!

Cam-Plex Heritage Center 6:30 p.m.

-World Traveler Series at the AVA Community Center 4pm – 5pm -Open Art Night at the AVA Community Center 7 p.m.

-Artist of the Month Rita Lewis at C.C. Library -WBL Storytime at C.C. Library 11 a.m.

-Kids Storytime at C.C. Library 10:30 Thursday, September 19, 2013 -AA Midday Serenity Group 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 12pm -AA Happy Hour Group 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -AA Hopefuls Group 8pm -Doodler’s Kid Club at the AVA Community Center 4 p.m.

-Toddler Time at C.C. Library 9:30 a.m.

-Families and Jammies at C.C. Library 6:30 p.m.

-Teen Anime Club at C.C. Library 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

-Kids Storytime at C.C. Library 10:30 Friday, September 20, 2013 -AA Midday Serenity Group 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 12pm

-AA Happy Hour Group 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -AA Hopefuls Group 8pm -AA Last Call Group 10pm -Little Tikes at the AVA Community Center 10 a.m.

-Photography Invitational Artist Reception at the AVA Community Center 6pm – 8pm -Hockey “Kick Off” Party at the Ice Arena 7 p.m. -10 p.m.

-Gordon Lightfoot at Cam-Plex Heritage Center 8 p.m.

-Black Cat Ball-Rotary Event at CamPlex Energy hall 6 p.m.

-32 Below at Jakes Tavern Saturday, September 21, 3013 -One on One Computer Classes at C.C. Public Library -Teen Dungeons and Dragons at C.C. Public Library 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

-Wii Play at C.C. Public Library 1 p.m.

-Teen Open Pay Gaming at C.C. Public Library 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

-Roller Derby Bout - Fall Brawl CamPlex Central Pavilion -32 Below at Jakes Tavern Sunday, September 22, 2013 -AA Morning Spiritual Group 10:15 a.m.

-Wright Library Branch Closed -Celtic Fingerstyle Guitarist Jerry Barlow at C.C. Library 2 p.m.

GOVERNMENT Friday, September 13, 2013 -Joint Revenue Interim Committee Meeting at Hampton Inn & Suites, Buffalo, Wyoming 8:30 a.m.

Monday, September 16, 2013 -City Council Meeting City Hall 7 p.m.

-Joint Transportation Committee at Central Wyoming College – Wind River Room Riverton 8 a.m.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 -City/County/Town of Wright Luncheon at 2nd floor Community Room City Hall 12 p.m.

-Planning Commission Meeting Council Chambers City Hall 7 p.m.

-Joint Transportation Committee at Central Wyoming College – Wind River Room Riverton 8 a.m.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 -Public Works & Utilities Advisory Committee Engineering Conference Room, City Hall 5:30 p.m.

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Sports Report

September 13 - 20, 2013

Campbell County Observer

Football Rankings (Week 2)

Weekly Sports Trivia Question

Submitted by Kevin Koile - wyopreps.com eading into week 2, there are 2 new teams ranked #1, while the other top teams, hold their spots, by a huge margin.

Four of the top 5 ranked teams in 4A will be in southeast Wyoming, and the top 2 will be in the same city…just not against each other. Gillette is the new #1 ranked team, and will try to defend that ranking at #5 Central (3rd week in a row, the Camels play the #5 ranked team). Meanwhile, East moves up to #2, after last week’s triple OT win in Casper, and visits South this week.

Natrona drops from #1 to #3 and will head to Laramie. #4 Sheridan has the long road trip to Evanston. Long story short, the top 4 teams are on the road this weekend.

Powell is the unanimous #1 ranked team in 3A. The Panthers head over to Buffalo, who are hoping to recover from a surprise loss last week. A dominating performance last week by Douglas, has the Bearcats at a solid #2, and should get a challenge this weekend at home vs. #3 Cody, who shutout Lander last week. Star Val-

ley slips to #4, after a loss in Idaho, but returns home to face Wyoming competition in the form of Lander.

Worland breaks into the top 5 and takes the final position. They were the surprise in week 1 as only 3% of our football challenge users picked the Warriors to win. Torrington visits Washakie County this weekend.

2A saw a little change, and it’s a close race, as #3 and #4 are separated by 1 vote, and #4 and #5 are separated by the same margin. If any unranked team wants to get attention this week, this is the time, as all 5 ranked teams are on the road this week. The top 2 are still Big Horn and Mountain View. The Rams travel to Newcastle to open up conference play, while the Buffalos will make a long trip to Greybull. Burns is up to 3 and will visit Wright. #4 Lovell is at Pinedale, while Wheatland heads to Tongue River. The Bulldogs are new to the rankings after beating defending champ Lyman last week.

The other new #1 ranked team is in 1A, and that would be the Lusk Ti-

gers. This will be an interesting week, for 10 of the 11 teams in this class, because the schedule calls for an east vs. west cross-over. Lusk will host Shoshoni. #2-#5 all play each other this weekend. #2 Cokeville is home vs. #3 Southeast on Saturday, while #5 Upton-Sundance visits #4 Rocky Mountain on Friday.

6-man sees 2 new teams crack the rankings, but Dubois has a stranglehold on #1…capturing all by 1 first place vote. The Rams host FarsonEden. Midwest holds at #2 and plays at Normative Services on Saturday.

Meeteetse is now #3 and will travel to Baggs to play Little Snake River on Saturday. LSR was kicked out of the rankings. Saratoga and Guernsey are in at #4 and #5 respectively. The Panthers host Wyoming Indian, while the Vikings head to Hulett to play a Red Devil team who is on the outside portion of the rankings and are looking to lay claim to a spot. Kaycee dropped out the polls, despite winning last week. They will try to make up lost ground at Hanna.

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points with 11 tackles, 3 for loss and two fumble recoveries. Steven Winer of Pinedale had 39 points with 2 sacks, a punt block, and a fumble recovery. Dakota Cox, also of Pinedale, had 35 points. Natrona’s Josh Harshman had 2 INT’s to lead the state in the week.

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Rushing: Devon Parkinson, Glenrock, 34 carries for 302 yards and 4 touchdowns. Theo Dawson of Jackson carried 18 times for 251 yards and 2 scores.

Passing: Greybull’s Calder Forcella went 20 of 36 for 279 yards. He had 2 td passes and was picked off twice. Mountain View’s Austin Housekeeper was 21 of 37 for 247 yards 2 td’s and three INT’s. Tevis Bartlett of East was 14 fo 23 for 238 4 td’s and 3 INT’s.

Recieving: Cameron Johnson of East caught 9 passes for 166 yards and 4 td’s. Shaffer of Thermopolis caught 5 for 144 and a touchdown. Hayden Fauber of Kaycee caught 9 passes for 118 yarsd and a score.

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for 378 yards in the Bucs win over WIHS. He scored 18 points. Tevis Bartlett accounted for 333 yards for East against Natrona while Pat Wardell of Burlington was good for 325 against Thermopolis.

Scoring: Tate Stinson of Saratoga scored 30 points while Jett Materia of Upton/ Sundance scored 28 against Moorcroft. Seth Bennett of Meeteetse, Hayden Fauber of Kaycee, Cameron Johnson of East, and Brady Esquibel of Guernsey all scored 26 points.

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Friday, September 13, 2013 -Camel Cross Country at Wayne Chaney Memorial Cam-Plex Park 2 p.m.

-Camel Football (SO) at Cheyenne Central 3 p.m.

-Camel Football (V) at Cheyenne Central 7 p.m.

-Lady Camel Swimming at home vs. Sheridan 4 p.m.

-Camel Tennis at Riverton or Laramie (V) 2 p.m.

-Camel Tennis at Riverton or Laramie (V) 5p.m.

-Camel Tennis at home vs. Cody (JV) 4 p.m.

- Camel Volleyball at home vs.

Laramie (SO/JV/V) 4p.m./5:15 p.m./6:30 p.m.

-Eagles Cross Country AT Wayne Chaney Memorial Cam-Plex Park 2 p.m.

-Panthers Cross Country AT Wayne Chaney Memorial Cam-Plex Park 2 p.m.

-Panthers Volleyball at Bighorn TBA -Warrior Cross Country AT Wayne Chaney Memorial Cam-Plex Park 2 p.m.

Saturday, September 14, 2013 -Camel Football (JV) at Cheyenne Central 9 a.m.

-Camel Tennis Gillette Invite 9 a.m.

-Camel Tennis at Cheyenne East (V) 9 a.m.

-Camel Tennis at Cheyenne Central (V) 12p.m.

-Camel Volleyball at home vs. Cheyenne South (SO/JV/V) 10 a.m./ 11:15 a.m./ 12:30 p.m.

-Eagles 8th Football (A+B) at home vs. Sheridan A 10 a.m. / B 11:30 a.m.

-Eagles 7th Volleyball B at Wright Invite 9 a.m.

-Panthers Junior High Volleyball 7th at Wright Invite 9 a.m.

-Warrior 7th Football Gold at Douglas 10 a.m.

-Warrior 8th Football at home vs.

Douglas 10/ 11:30a.m.

-Warrior 9th Volleyball (A+B) at home vs. Kelly Walsh 10/11 a.m.

-Warrior (7-8 A) Volleyball at Wright 7A TBA Monday, September 16, 2013 -Eagles 9th Football B at Sundance 4 p.m.

-Eagles 7th Volleyball B at Upton 4 p.m.

-Eagles 8th Volleyball B at Upton 5 p.m.

-Panthers Football at home vs. New-

castle JV 4:30 p.m.

-Panthers Golf at Wright Invite 9 a.m.

-Warrior 9th Football B at Hulett 4 p.m.

-Warrior (7-8 B) Volleyball at home vs. Hulett 4/5 p.m.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 -Camel Tennis (V) at Natrona in Casper (V) 4 p.m.

-Camel Volleyball at Kelly Walsh in Casper (SO/JV) 4 p.m./ 5 p.m.

-Eagles 7th Red Football at home vs. Wright 3:30 p.m.

-Eagles 8th Football at home vs.

Buffalo 5 p.m.

-Eagles 9th Football B at home vs.

Buffalo 5 p.m.

-Eagles 9th Volleyball at Sheridan 4 /5 p.m.

-Eagles Cross Country AT Douglas, SD Invite Ellsworth Golf Course 4 p.m.

-Panthers Junior High Football at Sundance 4 p.m.

-Panthers Junior High Volleyball at Sundance 4/5 p.m.

-Warrior Cross Country AT Douglas, SD Invite Ellsworth Golf Course 4 p.m.

-Warrior 7th Football Blue at Belle Fourche 4:30 -Warrior 8th Football at home vs.

Sheridan 4/5:30 p.m.

-Warrior (7-8 A) Volleyball at Spearfish 7th A@4 p.m. / 8th A@5 p.m.

-Warrior (7-8 B) Volleyball at Spearfish 7th @4 p.m. / 8th @5 p.m.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Thursday, September19, 2013 -Camel Tennis (V) at home vs. Kelley Walsh 2 p.m.

-Eagles 9th Football A at Natrona Orange 4 p.m.

-Eagles 7th Volleyball at home vs.

Buffalo B @ 4p.m. / A @ 5p.m.

-Eagles 8th ( A & B )Volleyball at home vs. Buffalo B @ 4p.m. / A @ 5p.m.

-Warrior 7th Football at Sheridan Blue @4 p.m. / Gold @ 5:30 p.m.

-Warrior 9th Football at home vs.

N.C. Black 4 p.m.

-Warrior (7-8 B) Volleyball at Newcastle 4 p.m. Custer @ 5 p.m.

Friday, September 20, 2013 -Camel Cross Country at Douglas High for Jackalope Invite 12 p.m.

-Camel Football (SO) vs. Natrona in Casper 3 p.m.

-Camel Football (V) ) vs. Natrona in

Casper 7 p.m.

-Lady Camel Swimming at Cody 4 p.m.

-Camel Tennis (V) at home vs. Cody 4 p.m.

-Camel Volleyball at Cheyenne Central (SO/JV/V) 10/11 a.m./ 12 p.m.

-Eagles 9th Volleyball at home vs.

Cheyenne East 4 p.m.

-Eagles 9th Volleyball at home vs.

Cheyenne Central 5 p.m.

-Panthers Football at home vs.

Wheatland 7 p.m.

-Panthers Golf at Lusk Invite TBA -Panthers Volleyball at home vs.

Bighorn 9/JB/V 3/4/5 p.m.

-Warrior 8th Football at Hulett 4 p.m.

-Warrior 9th Volleyball at home for First Interstate Classic 4/5/6 p.m.

Saturday, September 21, 2013 -Camel Football (JV) at home vs.

Natrona 11 a.m.

-Lady Camel Swimming at Cheyenne Kelly Walsh 10 a.m.

-Camel Tennis (V) at home vs. Powell 9 a.m.

-Camel Tennis at (JV) at Sheridan Invite 9 a.m.

-Eagles Cross Country at VA Hospital for Sheridan Invite 10 a.m.

-Eagles 7th White Football at home vs. Sheridan NOON -Eagles 7th Volleyball at Buffalo Tourney 8 a.m.

-Eagles 8th Volleyball at Sheridan 9 a.m.

-Eagles 9th Volleyball at Twin Spruce, Sage Valley, & South Campus for First Interstate Classic 8 a.m.

-Panther Jr. High Volleyball at Douglas Invite 8 a.m.

-Panthers Cross Country at Douglas Invite 2 p.m.

-Panthers Golf at Lusk Invite TBA -Panthers Volleyball at Lusk JV/V TBA -Panthers Volleyball vs. Twin Spruce in Gillette TBA -Warrior Cross Country at VA Hospital for Sheridan Invite 10 a.m.

-Warrior 8th Football at Dean Morgan 1 / 2:30 p.m.

-Warrior 9th Volleyball Twin Spruce, Sage Valley, & South Campus for First Interstate Classic 8 a.m.

-Warrior (8 A) Volleyball at Sheridan Invite 9 a.m.

-Warrior (7 A) Volleyball at Buffalo Invite 8:30 a.m.

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The President Should Have Struck First

By Nicholas DeLaat

ro-war, anti-war.

These two sides used to directly represent the conservative/liberal side. During the Bush Administration, anti-war protesters were rampant and the hard division of left vs. right that has evolved in the 21st Century was the result. Now it seems, everyone is anti-war, not in general but against the possibility of the United States being involved with the war in Syria.

President Obama messed up, but I do not believe in the way that has been reported in commentary by the national media. Let us take a look a brief history of military action without Congressional approval for war: The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541-1548) is a federal law intended to check the president’s power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States Congress resolution. This provides that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by either a declaration of war

by Congress, “statutory authorization,” or in case of “a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.”

The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30 day withdrawal period, without an authorization of the use of military force or a declaration of war. The resolution was passed by two-thirds of Congress, overriding a presidential veto. It has been alleged that the War Powers Resolution has been violated in the past, by President Clinton in 1999, during the bombing campaign in Kosovo for example. All incidents have had congressional disapproval, but none have had any successful legal actions taken against the President for alleged violations.

Under the United States Constitution, war powers are divided. Congress has the power to declare war, raise and support the armed forces, control the war funding (Article I, Section 8), and has “Power … to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution … all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof”, while the President is Commander In Chief of the military, and the militia (i.e. the National Guard) “when called into the actual Service of the United States” (Article II, Section 2). It is generally agreed that the Commander In Chief role gives the President power to repel attacks against the United States and makes the President responsible for leading the armed forces. In addition, and as with all acts of the Congress, the President has the right to sign or veto

congressional acts, such as a declaration of war.

During the Korean and Vietnam wars, the United States found itself involved for many years in situations of intense conflict without a declaration of war. Many members of Congress became concerned with the erosion of congressional authority to decide when the United States should become involved in a war or the use of armed forces that might lead to war. The credibility gap widened when news leaked out that President Nixon had ordered secret bombings on Cambodia during the Vietnam War. He did not tell Congress about his military plan. The resolution was created because Congress felt that the President had too much power.

The War Powers Resolution was passed by both the House of Representatives and Senate but was vetoed

by President Richard Nixon.

By a two-thirds vote in each house, Congress overrode the veto and enacted the joint resolution into law on November 7, 1973.

Presidents have submitted 130 reports to Congress as a result of the War Powers Resolution, although only one (the Mayagüez incident) cited Section 4(a)(1) and specifically stated that forces had been introduced into hostilities or imminent danger.

Congress invoked the War Powers Resolution in the Multinational Force in Lebanon Act (P.L. 98-119), which authorized the Marines to remain in Lebanon for 18 months during 1982 and 1983. In addition, the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991 (Pub.L. 102–1) which authorized United States combat operations against Iraqi forces during the 1991 Gulf War, stated that it constituted specific statutory authorization within the meaning of the War Powers Resolution.

On November 9, 1993, the House used a section of the War Powers Resolution to state that U.S. forces should be withdrawn from Somalia by March 31, 1994; Congress had already taken this action in appropriations legislation. More recently under President Clinton, war powers were at issue in former Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Haiti, and under President George W. Bush in responding to terrorist attacks against the U.S. after September 11, 2001. “[I]n 1999, President Clinton kept the bombing campaign in Kosovo going for more than two weeks after the 60-day deadline had passed. Even then, however, the Clinton legal team opined that its actions were consistent with the War Powers Resolution because Congress had approved a bill funding the operation, which they argued constituted implicit authorization.

That theory was controversial because the War Powers Resolution specifically says that such funding does not constitute authorization.” Clinton’s actions in Kosovo were challenged by a member of Congress as a violation of the War Powers Resolution in the D.C. Cir-

cuit case Campbell v. Clinton, but the court found the issue was a non-justiciable political question. It was also accepted that, because Clinton had withdrawn from the region 12 days prior the 90 day required deadline, he had managed to comply with the act.

After the 1991 Gulf War, the use of force to obtain Iraqi compliance with United Nations resolutions, particularly through enforcement of Iraqi no-fly zones, remained a war powers issue. In October 2002 Congress enacted the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Pub.L. 107–243 which authorized President George W. Bush to use force as necessary to defend the United States against Iraq and enforce relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

May 20, 2011, marked the 60th day of US combat in Libya (as part of the UN resolution) but the deadline arrived without President Obama seeking specific authorization from the US Congress. President Obama, however, notified Congress that no authorization was needed, since the US leadership was transferred to NATO, and since US involvement is somewhat limited. On Friday, June 3, 2011, the US House of Representatives voted to rebuke President Obama for maintaining an American presence in the NATO operations in Libya, which they considered a violation of the War Powers Resolution.

Now, the UN has officially banned the use of chemical weapons. In order for any kind of law or treaty to be enforced, there has to be consequences pressed onto those who disobey.

We had the intelligence on the weapon storage locations, and our military (pri-

marily the U.S. Navy) was already in position to conduct the strategic strikes.

If I were president (and God save us if I were…), I would have ordered the strikes the day after the chemical weapons were launched. I would have told the Joint Chiefs of Staff to get it done, strike, and back off. The next day, I would have been on television explaining to the citizens of the United States what we did. The day after, I would have gone to Congress with all the reasons, and declaring that we are now done

unless President Assad (or the rebels) use them again (though it would be quite hard for them to use them if we had taken them all out early). The day after that, I would have gone to the world leaders, demanding their support of the United States for punishing the Syrian government for breaking a long and overwhelmingly supported treaty, stating to the world that the United States has no intention on supporting either the rebels (proven to be also empty of individual liberty or human life) or the Syrian Govern-

ment which has proven to be as tyrannical as they come.

I would not have supported either side of the fight, just the fight against the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

As a result of President Obama’s mishap, we have lost the location of these weapons, we have lost the credibility of our threats that help us attempt to stabilize the region, and we have lost all footing politically giving the Russians the key to the henhouse, making us worse off than ever before.

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A New Education Solution to Fix the Old Eduction Solution Submitted by Amy Edmonds - Wyoming Liberty Group or more than five decades the federal government has been quick to come up with one giant readymade solution after another to solve the problems afflicting the public education system.

And Wyoming, like all states, for generations has been more than eager to apply these solutions to their local classrooms and students, no questions asked.

Like the layers of paint you find in an old home, one on top of another, we have seen a pattern of applying the newest federal solution – filled with all kinds of new federal strings – to solve a problem created by the previous federal solution, which was also filled with complicated and harmful federal strings. And so the cycle goes.

This past February, on the heels of the passage of SF 104 and under the helm of then newly appointed interim director Jim Rose, the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) applied for a variety of flexibility waivers offered by the Obama administration. The rationale for the waivers was to get Wyoming out from under provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) –a federal program that required states to set standards and test students based on those standards with federal consequences for failure. The downside of receiving those waivers was WDE’s apparent willingness to put Wyoming under yet another battery of federal strings that come permanently attached to the waivers.

Last Friday (August 30, 2013), one

portion of Wyoming’s federal waiver application was approved by the U.S. Department of Education, and the state was given approval to apply yet another coat of federal solutions on top of the old layer of federal solutions – thereby correcting the federal problem created by the last federal solution. Wait, are you still with me?

And what has all of this federally mandated standard setting and testing of students gotten us in Wyoming? Hold on to your hats, here’s one example. In fourth- grade reading Wyoming’s average National Assessment of Educational Progress scores from 1992 to 2011 rose tepidly from 223 to 224. So much for federal solutions.

As a model of educational account-

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ability (or so it was marketed), NCLB was touted to be an incredible solution to the problems of education in America. By 2014 students in each state were to have achieved 100- percent proficiency in Math and English Language Arts. Not surprisingly, as Wyoming’s scores display, that hasn’t happened.

Eleven years since its passage, NCLB has been so successful that 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Bureau of Indian Education have all submitted requests for waivers. To date, 41 states have been granted these waivers, including Wyoming. That’s 11 years of a federal program promising big results – and delivering none.

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Submitted by Steve Klein - Wyoming Liberty Group ments urging people to vote their way on candidates and ballot issues. The underlying message is that this money is not merely influential, but controlling.

There’s nothing to base this on except the presumption that people are sheep, but you’ll never hear supporters of campaign finance “reform” admit that.

Nevertheless, facing 6:1 spending, the pro- gun voices were supposed to be “drowned out.”

So we can add the Colorado recalls to the list of evidence to the contrary. Especially in Colorado towns outside of Denver (these recalls centered around Colorado Springs and Pueblo), all the outside spending in the world cannot overcome campaign activity within the community. Citiz ens often are influenced far more by door- to- door canvassing (by actual neighbors, not out- of- towners) or letters and opinion editorials in the local paper, or a conversation at the local barber shop

or in the grocery aisle than by paid advertisements.

Money is important in any election, but it’s not determinative, revealing Citizens United fearmongers are the equivalent of Chicken Little.

Many elections right here in Wyoming further illustrate the point. In a particularly huge spending disparity, Democrat candidate for House District 07 (Laramie County) Joe Fender outspent Republican Sue Wilson $47,219 to $9,293 in the 2012 election. Wilson won the election with nearly 62 percent of the vote.

Even more evidence is sure to arise from Wyoming in the coming 2014 election cycle.

One would think progressives would celebrate such triumphs over money in politics: “Tuesday’s low turnout was a result of efforts by the NRA, the Koch brothers and other right wing groups…” Oh, well.

Letters to the Editor

Military Action in Syria

and I sent a letter demanding consultation of Congress. However, the only reason for action I’ve seen so far is to save face for the President. Limited military action with the goal of degrading and deterring Assad’s future use of chemical weapons could end up making opposition groups more formidable, intensify the fighting, and risks empowering extremists without doing anything to help the Syrian people.

Secretary of State John Kerry responded to a question in London on what the Syrian leader could do to avoid attack, by declaring: “He could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week.

Turn it over, all of it, without delay, and allow a full and total accounting for that.”

Then he added: “But he isn’t about to do it, and it can’t be done, obviously.”

It now appears that offer is a viable diplomatic solution, and with the support of Russia it could lead to an international response through the United Nations Security Council. Most countries that have had chemical weapons arsenals in the past have destroyed, or are in the process of destroying, these weapons under the Chemical Weapons Convention. While I am skeptical of the ability of the United Nations (UN), or the commitment of the Russians, to confiscate the chemical weapons stockpiles of Syria, given the UN’s recent failures in Iraq and Iran, it is an avenue that presently is more acceptable than any US military involvement.

Cynthia M. Lummis Member of Congress

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Dear Editor, Thank you for contacting me regarding possible military action in Syria. I appreciate the opportunity to respond.

I oppose U.S. military intervention in Syria.

The popular-uprising-turned-armedrebellion in Syria is in its third year, and seems poised to continue, with the government and a bewildering array of militias locked in a bloody struggle of attrition. Over the last several months, the United States and other countries have assessed that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against opposition forces; this is an escalation of indiscriminate brutality against its citizens. The August 21st attack outside of Damascus killed 1,429 people, according to the U.S. assessment, hundreds of them children.

On August 31st, President Obama stated that the United States should respond with “military action against Syrian regime targets” and added that he would ask Congress to grant authorization for the use of military force. This announcement comes more than a year after he drew a red line for action if “we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.”

This conflict in Syria is a civil war and should be dealt with by the Arab world.

I do not see how getting involved in another open-ended and costly conflict is in the best interest of America. The Administration had done the right thing in asking for a vote days after my colleagues

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Today many of our neighbors in Colorado celebrate a victory for gun rights and civics, as two state senators who voted in favor of new restrictive gun laws were successfully recalled from office yesterday. These are the first two recalls in Colorado history. These recalls will not overturn the new gun laws, but send a clear message to the anti- gun crowd that even “purple” swing states like Colorado are not going to embrace new gun restrictions without a fight.

The New York Times reports that “gun- control advocates far outspent their opponents.” In a breakdown by the Denver Post, it was around 6:1 anti- recall versus pro- recall spending. Both recalls were successful.

Wait, what?

In a post- Citizens United world, we’re frequently told that corporations, affluent people and super- PACs “control our elections” by buying lots of advertise-

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September 13 - 20, 2013

Bold Republic Weekly KKK Meets NAACP in Casper

By Glenn Woods

was thinking that I should name this article “Evil Democrat Hate Group has Tense Meeting with Evil Democrat Hate Group.”

Last week, a representative of the Casper, Wyoming branch of the NAACP met with a leader of the Montana Klu Klux Klan in a hotel conference room in Casper. The meeting was prompted when the NAACP leader began E-mailing the head of the KKK in Montana. He suggested a meeting. To his surprise, his invitation was accepted.

The meeting went about as well as could be expected. There was high security and the tension in the room was thick enough to cut with a knife.

No big shock that it caught some national media attention, and no big shock that the press had nothing but horrible things to say about the KKK, but nothing bad to say about the NAACP. The reason that I call the two “Evil Democrat Hate Groups” is because of the current motives of the two groups.

The press does not have the spine to call out both groups for what they really are.

I’m surprised how many people do not know that the NAACP was started by the Republican Party. But it is currently run by race-baiting, hardcore leftist- socialist Democrats, like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton; who are more interested in stirring up racial hysteria in this nation than solving the problem. The current leaders of the NAACP demand more of the same government programs that have entrapped generations of the very community that they claim to want to help.

Black American’s who show initiative and stand up on their own two feet and become successful, free-thinking people are ostracized by the NAACP. In order to survive as an organization the current NAACP needs a community of perpetual victims, not achievers.

I’m also surprised that most people do not know that the KKK was founded

by Democrats, while the Republicans where busy in Congress, and across America, fighting for civil rights. Many members of the KKK also claim to be members of the NAZI party - though not all. Nazi’s are Socialist. Nazi’s want total government.

A true conservative is for limited gov-

ernment interference in our lives, and personality responsibility. This means an end to social programs that cause dependency. A true conservative is for freedom for all, no matter the person or race.

Safe to say, during this meeting in Casper, there were no true conservatives in the room.

The NAACP leader had expressed concern over hate crime in the State of Wyoming that goes unreported as a hate crime, and the fact that Wyoming does not have any “HATE CRIME” laws on the books.

Wyoming does not need Hate Crime laws, nor, for that matter, does any other state. Hate Crime laws are redundant thought crime laws. Redundant, because there are already laws on the books that deal with the issue.

Thought crime, because under Hate Crime Laws a person can be arrested for what they are assumed to be thinking at the time of the crime, rather than the evidence of their actions.

Say, for example, that Joe hauls off and pops someone in the nose. That is called Assault. The only excuse Joe has for hitting anyone is self-defense.

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Submitted by the National Federation of Independent Business/Wyoming business environment.”

As it does every month, NFIB, America’s largest and oldest small-business association, releases its Index of Small Business Optimism, which measures the pulse of the nation’s largest employer group—Main Street entrepreneurs.

“August in Washington was typical – nothing got done, and therefore nothing changed the outlook of small-business owners who have the same list of concerns today that they had in January, April and July,” said NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkelberg in a national news release.

“We know that the upcoming implementation deadlines for the healthcare law are weighing on the minds of employers, and the current dim prospects for real tax reform must be, as well. The September survey will hopefully straighten things but with Syria on the horizon, the budget situation still up in the air, and Obamacare being rolled out, clarity over our economic direction is not likely to be the outcome.”

Political Field Reps to Hold “Office Hours”

DeAnna Kay, Denise Ebzery, and Matt Jones, Field Representatives for U.S. Senators Michael Enzi and JohnBarrasso and Congressman Cynthia Lummis are scheduled to hold “Office Hours” in Gillette and Wright at the following times and places:

Gillette

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Gillette City Hall Community Room 201 E. 5th Street Tuesday, September 17, 2013 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Wright Town Hall 201 Wright Blvd.

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If residents are unable to attend at that time, but would like information or assistance, please contact: Senator Enzi’s Gillette office at 6826268; Senator Barrasso’s Sheridan office at 672-6456; and/or Congressman Lummis’ Sheridan office at 673-4608.

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orries over the looming compliance with Obamacare and a Congress that isn’t doing a thing to help on other matters continue their twin pummeling of the small-business economy, according to one of the most important economic barometers in the nation released today. But is our own Legislature contributing to the economic malaise?

“While the Wyoming Legislature was a little better than its neighboring state to the south, its lack of action on job-creation, regulatory reform and its increasing of the fuel tax by a dime a gallon was not helpful to Main Street,” said Tony Gagliardi, Wyoming state director for the National Federation of Independent Business.

“Now, we are hearing discussions about increasing penalties -- including jail time -- for misclassifying a worker who is an independent contractor. The legislative disconnection from the real world of small business feeds our members’ frustration and lack of certainty regarding Wyoming’s

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Classifieds Camping/Fishing

Homes for Sale

Camper spot for rent $300 per month in Silver Hills 307680-8838

2010 Fairmont 16x80 mobile Home. 3 bed-2 bath. Central Air, 10x10 deck, 500gl propane tank, and all utilities.

Excellent condition. $30,000 OBO. Please call after 5pm.

605-209-7584.

07’ Prowler 5th wheel.

2slides. 32ft with extras. Call 307-672-8766 1994 Southwind by Fleetwood 34 foot Class A Coach Rear Engine Turbo Diesel Cummins, 230 HP, Motor Home in good condition.

180,000 miles on original Cummins Diesel 33H Engine. Three captain’s chairs including driver.

Couch makes into a full bed. Full kitchen, stove with oven, microwave. Dining area. Propane or electric refrigerator/ freezer. Lots of storage. Rear bedroom with queen bed.

Bathroom with shower. Dish portable satellite TV setup and small flatscreen TV goes with it. Trailer receiver hitch.

Lost my husband in December and don’t have any use for it. Would like to sell fast.

Make me an offer. 307 682 4808. sue.wallis52@gmail. com http://wyoming.craigslist.org/rvs/3965643910. html Minnows, crawlers, leeches, fishing tackle, boating and camping supplies. Fully furnished cabin rentals, 50 Amp Full Hookup RV sites 5 minutes from Keyhole Reservoir in Pine Haven. Empire Guesthouse & RV Park 307756-3454. www.empireguesthouse.com

Business Opportunities Looking for investor in local business. Call for Details.

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Exciting career available Now! No weekends, holidays, or nights. Unlimited income potential. 20% commission plus gas allowance selling print advertising. Call Anne Peterson (advertising manager) at (307) 299-4662 or email AnnePeterson@ CampbellCountyObserver. com Health problems? Try doTERRA certified pure essential oils. 307-680-0363. www. myvoffice.com/healingisbelieving

Home For Sale By Owner.

Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming.

11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307-684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment

For Rent 2 Bedroom Duplex, with one car garage, washer/dryer, no pets. $700rent/$700deposit.

307-689-0202 Office and Retail space for rent Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100 For Rent Single Bedroom House in Silver Hills 307680-8838. C2-12-4h Room for Rent. Nice Room for Rent for one responsible person. $480.00 per month.

689-9358.

Miscellaneous Have you heard the Buzz lately?

Bring your catch by the Empire Guesthouse for photographs which may be published in this newspaper with our fishing reports. Along with that, the Guesthouse staff will be awarding monthly prizes for those that let us photograph them and their catch. It doesn’t have to be a trophy to enter and there will be special prizes for those 12 and under. Carp shooters are also welcome to enter.

Check with the Guesthouse for more details.

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Solutions from this week

Autos, Trucks and Vans ‘76 Electra-Glide would consider trade on Pan or Knuck if ya know of anyone, ‘81 sent it to LA-S&S, 11.5to1 and dual-plugged to run regular-gas, had burn-out time at Hog-Jam! Ben 680.7464.

05’ GMC Duramax Extend Cab. 52,550 mi. Call 307672-8766 2008 Dodge Charger AWD Hemi, loaded Black $18,000 books for $22,500 Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100.

2006 Dodge Mega Cab 4x4 Laramie 102,000 miles $16,000 307-689-7290 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora.

Black. Leather interior. Good condition. 87,400mi. Power everything. Front wheel drive. New tires. Call Charlene 307-660-7316.

1993 Chrysler LHS for sale or trade.

Needs tie-rod and alignment. Runs good. $1,500.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com 1994 Plymouth Voyager for sale or trade. Runs/ looks great. 188,000 miles. $2,000.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com 2004 Yukon Denali XL,6.0 Motor, Loaded $14,000 OBO 660-9351 2008 Hyundai Sonata LMTD, 40,000 mi. $13,500, Call 307-660-2532.

2000 Chevy Silverado 4x4 1/2 Ton Pickup. New tires, ext. cab, long bed. 148,000 mi. One owner. 307-6700858 or 303-250-4096 97’ Chevy Long Box Extended Cab. ¾ Ton, selling for Parts. $1,000 OBO. 307680-7431 1982 Chevy Ventura Van. 350 Engine, 400 Turbo newly rebuilt transmission. Interior in GREAT shape, has a working electric wet bar and built in cooler in back. Carb. needs re-jetted, other than that there are no problems.

Must see. Asking $3,500 or best offer. Price:$3,500obo.

Contact: 307-670-8980

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Help Wanted

Child Care

Guns for Sale

Services

Wanted to Buy

*Immediate Openings!* Are you looking to join a fast paced, growing company?

Are you ready to earn the income you know you’re worth? Are you outgoing and enjoy meeting new people? Do you enjoy sales and have sales experience?

Do you enjoy leading and helping others to succeed?

If so, this is the career for you! We have openings that provide print, website, and radio advertising as well as marketing solutions to businesses. We focus primarily on smaller communities, providing personalized, in-depth information specific to each coverage area. It is our goal to ensure that every customer has a positive experience, from the initial sale to final publication. We are looking for a few highly motivated and passionate individuals that will provide exemplary customer service and sales expertise to keep our clients happy and keep our company growing! If interested, please email cover letter and resume to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com for an interview.

Child Care in Sleepy Hollow.

Room for 2 children. $20 per day per child. Call 307-2572306.

Before you buy, make a call to get a quote. We can order any gun you are looking at and just may be able to save you a ton of money. Call for a free quote. $15.00 FFL Transfer Fee on all internet purchases. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 299-2084 and mention this ad.

Homeowners and renters insurance for house, trailer, or apartments. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520

I Buy Militaria. Swords, uniforms, bayonets, medals, guns/parts, field gear. 6827864

RV Winterization starting at $99.95 at YOUR house. Call Randy at 307-660-3091 (b340-tfnh)

Wanted: Old Batteries. Call 307-670-1675. D4-30-8P

Personal Assistant needed to organize and help. Computer skills needed,job experience and good with organization.

We are ready to pay $570 per week interested person for more info contact: darenboot@gmail.com Rocky Mt Merchandising is looking for dependable, outgoing person to execute four in store demos in Sept showing the features and benefits of the Straight Talk Cell phone. Must commit to all four Saturdays from 10:00-4:00. Email Jackie@ rockymm.com or call 800723-9008 Looking for CDL to work in North Dakota full time. Call 307-670-3629.

Hiring Newspaper Journalist.

Government/Politics. Work at Home. Must be able to perform advanced research, and write unbias. Must be able to attend government meetings and conduct interviews professionally. Pays per article/Part Time. Please send Cover Letter, Resume, and Writing Sample to CampbellCountyObserver@ gmail.com.

Hiring Newspaper Sports Writer. Must be able to attend Campbell County Sports games at all levels and various sports. Can write in a bias/home team manner. Must also be able to take photographs of covered games, get information from coaches, and retrieve stats. Much of the work is performed Home. Pays per article/Part Time position.

Please send Cover Letter, Resume, and Writing Sample to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com.

Summer Job - Age 14 and up. Newspaper Subscription Sales. Pays $5.00 for every 6-month subscription sold and $10.00 for every year subscription sold. Perfect for summer money. Extra bonuses for 100 subscriptions sold (Pizza Party at Godfathers with friends/family) and more. Email the Campbell County Observer at CampbellCountyObserver@gmail. com PERSONAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED: We are looking for an Office Assistant. Duties include greeting clients, answering phones, and routing mail, data entry and retrieve,scheduling and calender maintenance,Ideal candidates will have proven customer service skills in an administrative setting and experience with Microsoft Office applications email resumes to akeelahanderson001@gmail.com IF INTERESTED Personal Assistant needed to organize and help. Basic computer skills needed, must be good with organization. I am ready to pay $600.00 per week. Interested person should contact: deans995@ gmail.com Bl-32-2V Full Time Flooring Installers wanted. Must have experience. Bring resumes in to Carpet Express Direct on Hwy. 59 next to the Prime Rib Restaurant.

State Wide Sales people.

Print Advertising Sales for new State-wide newspaper.

Call 307-299-4662

Licensed daycare now open.

Spots available full-time and before and after school.

Close to Rozet school and the post office.

Monday through Friday 6:30am to 6pm. Ages 3 and up. Call 307-299-1915 In a Pinch?? Back up Daycare service call 307-6807948

Apartments for Rent 1-5 bedroom units available for rent. Please contact Real Estate Systems of Gillette Inc at 307-682-0964 for all the updated details.

2 Bedroom apartment $650 per month, $650 security, $650 last months. Above Gillette Cheese House. No pets, no smoking, laundry facilities available 685-6449 Criminal background check and renters insurance Required Immaculate 1-2 bedroom apartments, fresh paint, and new flooring. (no pets). Call for move-in special starting at $595 307-686-6488 Apartment for Rent in WindRidge Appts. Water/Trash/ Washer/Dryer. Air and Heat.

3bs/2bth. Must qualify for low income housing. $740.00/ mo. Call 307-685-8066 Foothills View Apartments Hot Move In Special! Cool, Clean, Quiet Apartments.

A/C, 2 Bdrm. $695 1Bdrm. $595. Showing anytime Call 307-686-6488 C3-28-2v Apartments for rent. Foothills View Apartments. Clean and Quiet. One and Two bedroom units starting at $595.00. Call for showing andmove in special 307-6866488 (c3-42-3v) 2 bedroom apartment $675 per month, $675 security, $675 last months rent. Above Gillette Cheese House no pets, no smoking laundry \ facilities available 685-6449 Criminal Background check and renters insurance required.

Spacious & new, 1, 2, &3 bdrm affordable apartments available now! Call 6858066. Washer and dryer in every unit. Private sunny patio or balcony. Special move-in rate, 1 bdrm: $694, 2 bdrm: $777, 3 bdrm: $888.

Move in now and deduct $ 200 off first month while special lasts. Call Konnie or Celeste at Highland Properties 685-8066.

Toys (ATV’s Boats, Etc.) 1981 Harley Davidson FXBSturgis, 1st dual-belt drive to commemorate Hill-Climb @ Sturgis, Jack-Pine Gypsies rally started in ‘41, 50th anniversary model. 12K on straight-up original paint, new Moetzler’s driven-by beefed Shovel, 102hp at wheel. Perfect in every aspect, serious inquiries only, loan is $15K and value of over 25K. Ben 680.7464, 3-other older bikes and this has to go to the right person!

International Tractor 300 Utility For Sale. $2000 Artic Cat 4X4 2001For Sale. $2000 Call Bill 307 - 660 – 8563.

Chopper - Custom built frame, s&s engine, carb, etc.

80ci. Evolution engine. Wide glide front end. Low. Torn apart down to frame. Have all parts, could be built in two days with under $200.00.

Asking $5,500 or best offer.

Price:$5,500obo. Contact: 307-670-2733 2013 Custom Harley Hardtail Bobber all new $9,500. Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100 2010 Polaris 550 eps with less than 100 miles, books for $8,000. make and offer.

Call Steve Terry at 307-2992992 16ft Sea Nymph Fishing Boat, 50 hp outboard Merc, trolling motor, just serviced at wyoming marine $2,500 O.B. O 307-299-4662 or307-6220825

Produce for Sale Fresh local “Free Range” eggs. All natural, no animal by-products. No antibiotics. $3/Doz. 257-9049

Gunsmithing Special of the week. Electrolysis Barrel Cleaning. Increase the accuracy of your firearm, get ready for hunting season or a summer of shooting fun.

Most cleanings complete overnight and your gun is ready the next day. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad.

With the current controversy of gun control you can expect changes. One of these changes will be permanently attached low capacity magazines. Make your current guns compliant to this regulation. Call for quotes on all your gunsmithing needs.

Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today.

1903 Springfield. 30o6 Cal. U.S. Military. $700 obo. Call (307) 682-7864 Chinese Type 53 Carbines 7.62X54R. These guns have been fully restored and are excellent shooters. They are a shorter model of the Mossin Naugant making them easy to carry through the brush and trees. Large caliber with plenty of take down power for the largest and most dangerous game.

Ammo is still available and still very reasonably priced.

This gun comes with a fold down bayonet permanently attached. Adjustable sights on an elevation ramp rear sight makes this package very versatile. permanently attached floor plate magazine holds 5 rounds with one additional one in the chamber. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today.

Wyoming Mountaineers now offers easy payment plans on any in stock firearm. Your debit card is your line of credit. Purchase any firearm that is in stock making 4 payments weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Processing fee and payment plan fee apply. Call Wyoming Mountaineers for more details. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 299-2084 and mention this ad.

Get a piece of history. Mosin Nagant Russian M91/30 Surplus Rifle. Very good to Excellent condition 7.62X54 Caliber. These are a very accurate rifle shooting 4” groups at 1000 yards. Open sights are adjustable to yardage with a push of a button.

Great gun for hunting deer or elk very cheap ammo available for target practice.

Comes with military issue sling, sling pouches, bayonet, and cleaning tools. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad.

A friend of mine called the other day and tells me he has 2 friends that are looking for some AR-15’s do I have any?

I told him yes I do, They are M4 style scope ready models and priced at $695.00.

Great, he says, They will be right over. They never showed up so a few days later I asked him if his friends were still interested. He told me nope, they bought them online for $1500.00. So, here they come with UPS, I still made my $15.00 for the transfer but while they were there they looked at the rifles I had in stock and discovered they were the same models they ordered with the same features and they could have bought 2 from me for the same price they paid for one they ordered. Don’t let this happen to you, Any gun, Any models, Any features can be ordered or built for a lower cost. Call for a free quote.

Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today.

Heavy Equipment/ Trailers

Spring Cleaning Special! Any purchase over $200 prior to 5-31-13 Will have the choice of: Free couch cleaning (up tp 8ft. long) or Free 1 year warranty on oil/water based spots. www.pineridgeclean. com 307-660-7856 find us on Facebook Want To Get in Shape?Like to have Fun? Learn The Graceful moves of American Oriental Belly Dancing! The 3rd Sunday of every month.

Call Leanna Tabatt 307-6808457 Looking to buy a new computer? Why waste the money? “Your Computer Store” has refurbished towers and laptops rebuilt right here in our store. Plenty of memory, disc space, and advice. Come by and see our inventory at “Your Computer Store,” where YOU come first! 802 E. Third St next to Ice Cream Land “Did you see this? Than it worked. Go to www.campbellcountyobserver.net to list your ad today!”

Powder River Mechanics.

We have the cheapest labor rates, but the best quality repairs in town. We offer full services on Foreign and domestic vehicles, ATV’s, Snowmobiles, motorcycles, jet ski’s, boats, and more.

Let us put you on a Preventative maintenance schedule so your vehicles run miles past your warranty. Call for an appointment. 307-6967713.

Avenue Mall - Over 30 vendors, come check us out! 217 Gillette Ave. Mon-Fri. 9AM to 7 PM, Sat. 9AM- 5 PM, Sun. 10 AM - 4 PM Computers have become like cars, and they need repaired.

Want the best quality repair work in N.E. Wyoming? Bring your computer to “Your Computer Store.” Quality work at a quality price. “Your Computer Store,” where YOU COME FIRST 802 E. Third street next to Ice Cream Land.

WILL PAY CASH FOR CAMPERS. Call Scott (307) 680-0854.

Home For Sale

By Owner

Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming.

11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment

Weekly Trivia Answer

Why is there a statue of sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington in Carmel, New York?

She, like Paul Revere, made a “Midnight Ride” to warn communities of approaching British forces.

Sybil Ludington (April 5, 1761 – February 26, 1839), daughter of Colonel Henry Ludington, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War who mounted on her horse, Star, became famous for her night ride on April 26, 1777 to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British. Her action was similar to that allegedly performed by Paul Revere, though she rode more than twice the distance of Revere and was only 16 years old at the time of her action. She was an aunt of Harrison Ludington, the Governor of Wisconsin.

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Weekly Sports Trivia Answer Catcher Harry Chiti hold made Major League Baseball history for what?

Auto insurance preferred and SR-22’s. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520 Motorcycle and ATV insurance. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520

Merchandise 1939 HA Selmer Trumpet $750 OBO. 687-1087 Chest freezer 21 cu. ft. commercial heavy duty. $300.

Call 307-696-3869 Large Underground Tank. 307-680-8838

Fuel

Large and Small Band Saws call for info. 307-680-8838 18v Dewalt tools - sawzall, hammer drill, one battery and one charger. $150 obo. call (307)299-1382 Exterior door with window, interior light fixtures, and computer supplies. E-mail Corsair115@yahoo.com “As the economy worsens, don’t rely on government... rely on us to sell or trade. $0.25 per word per week.

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Refrigerator (white) Great condition $100 307-2995918 Blue Dual Reclining Sofa.

Good shape $100 Call 6802982. Can text photo if you like.

Spyder Semi-auto paint ball gun. cal..68 Special Edition.

Only used twice! New $300 For you $175 plus two canisters. Call 680-1302 If you are interested in purchasing Nutrient Rich Ranch Raised Beef grown locally, call 307-340-1108.

He was the first player to ever be traded for himself. On April 25, 1962—before he even played a game for the Indians—Harry Chiti was acquired by the expansion New York Mets for a player to be named later. However, he was sent back to the Indians on June 15, 1962 after 15 games and a .195 batting average. Since Chiti was the “player to be named later,” he thus became the first player ever traded for himself. Three other players in history have been traded for themselves: Dickie Noles, Brad Gulden, and John McDonald. Chiti never played another major league game, spending two more years at Triple-A before retiring in 1964.

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6x10 trailer. Great shape, fits your biggest Harley. $1,400 obo. 299-4967.

1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring. $2500 OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring done in shop class 2 years ago. No rust only used once since redone. $2500 or OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374

For sale: whirlpool refrigerator, brand new patio propane heater, still in box Cabela’s shower tent, large dining room dark blue/red rooster rug, 10” wet tile saw, treadmill. Call 682-6353.

Kojac series One, two and three dvd $65.00 $98 value 307 - 670 - 1887 Two place aluminum snowmobile trailer. $1,600. 307689-0202

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September 13 - 20, 2013

Campbell County Observer

Pioneer Memories

Astor Place Riot

Submitted by Residents of Pioneer Manor

The Pilot

By Mike Borda

By Reba Dorsett

hen talking about unique events in American history, many different moments may come to mind. One situation, however, certainly ranks among the most unique in our country’s history. This event is hard to imagine when looking through the lens of the modern American, but all too real to those who were involved.

During the 19th century, going to the opera was not only a social event, but a status event as well. Those who could afford (and understand) opera were considered among the social elite. Moreover, the most elite of the elite were the actors who performed those operas. In New York City during 1849, two men towered above all others in prestige and celebrity. Those men were American Edwin Forrest and Englishman William Charles McCready.

The tension between Forrest and McCready had been building for years, and both men had extremely loyal fan bases. These were the two rock-stars of their day, and their rivalry was well known amongst the people. When you add in the resentment many Americans still felt toward British elites, the anxiety ran high when McCready was slated to perform at the Astor Opera House on May 7, 1849.

Ironically, while McCready was to be performing Macbeth that night, Forrest was also playing Macbeth, not far away. That night Forrest’s fans bought out the Astor, and actually interrupted McCready’s performance by heaving rotten eggs at him while he was on stage.

Three days later, on May 10, even more of

Forrest’s fans came to the Astor, and were determined to make McCready realize that he was far from welcome. Some estimates place the number of rioters at 10,000. Local officials, fearing that things might get out of hand, called the state militia to keep the peace. The performance was a disaster, and it was all McCready could do to get out of the building in one piece.

When things began escalating outside on the street, the militia fired rounds over the heads of the rioters to calm them. In the process, however, they ended up killing 22 onlookers.

Surprisingly, tempers did cool and sadness set in over the casualties.

The next night, another riot broke out after a town meeting called to discuss the previous night’s events. This time, however, the police and militia were prepared and able to stop the rioters before too much damage was inflicted.

This event, so strange to us today, affected the culture of the time a great deal. The opera gradually became less popular, as people looked away from elitist activities. Opera houses dwindled in popularity, and the Astor Opera House itself would not survive another season.

American history is filled with events that while strange and obscure, had a great impact on society as a whole. The Astor Place Riot was one such event. While it did highlight the prejudices and anger of the day, it also shows that we have always been passionate, and generations past are much similar to ourselves than we often realize.

lived out north of Hulett about 10 miles from the Montana state line. I believe it was the summer of ‘49 when a young man by the name of Alvin Tatgee was flying his plane over the countryside, when he happened to see a rancher with his sheep out on a hillside. Alvin landed his plane and began visiting with the sheep herder. During the visit, the sheep herder talked about how much trouble he had been having with coyotes. He asked the pilot, Alvin, if he could fly over the country and shoot some coyotes from his plane. At this time, there was a bounty on coyotes.

The rancher said that he could contact all of the ranchers in southeastern Montana, northeast Wyo-

ming, and eastern South Dakota and collect money to pay him. The pilot, Alvin, agreed to this.

The winter of 1949 was very severe, it snowed every day for months, and a family by the name of McManus, had a daughter living in a teacherage, teaching in a one room schoolhouse. They had not heard from her for quite some time and were worried. They asked Tatgee to fly over and get her, and please bring her home. From that time on, he flew her home, free of charge every week. The next summer they were married. They had a house and moved just out of the city limits of Alzada. She died quite a few years ago, and he lived to a very old age in that house in Alzada.

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ortheast Wyoming was forever changed on the morning of October 30, 1889, when John Smith drove the first spike on the first rail of track crossing into Wyoming from Edgemont, South Dakota, at 9:45 a.m., just ahead of Engine No. 191. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (commonly known as the Burlington Line) had arrived.

Over the next five years, the track would slowly grow until exiting the northern border of Wyoming and eventually joining the Northern Pacific Railroad at Huntley, Montana. Just as the Union Pacific in the mid-1860s and the Central Wyoming Railroad in the 1880s, the Burlington Line would be instrumental in the development and settling of the northeast corner of the state.

Moving ahead of the rail crew was a locating party, headed up by survey engineer Edward Gillette. The job of a locating party was to survey ahead of the track builders along the proposed route and then locate and plan the best actual route for the construction crew to follow. After the actual route was established, the railroad agents would secure the right-of-ways and the construction continued.

The locaters often had quick deadlines to meet to insure competing railroad interests would not beat them to prime real-estate, as had been the case earlier in the year while the line was making its way through Nebraska.

Wyoming proved to be less of a race against competitors and more of a logistical challenge.

“The method we employed in locating a railroad,” Gillette later wrote, “was to run careful preliminary [survey] lines over every possible route, and then by comparison select the best route.”

Not far into Wyoming, Gillette and his party found an oil spring along the main line that could provide oil for axle grease with an accessible coal vein not far away. A spur line was located off the main line and the land secured for a town-site at the junction. Thus the town of Newcastle and the mining community of Cambria were established when the tracks arrived in midNovember.

The line continued to Merino (later renamed Upton), arriving on August 4, 1890. By spring of 1891, the rails had reached the Belle Fourche River and the small cluster of three buildings known as LaBelle became the town of Moorcroft. The track

laying continued up Donkey Creek to the vicinity of Donkey Town, where Edward Gillette’s locating crew, using their comparison technique had discovered that by routing the line through Stone Pile Draw to Hay Creek, it shaved five miles off the proposed route, eliminated the need for thirty bridges and quite a bit of grading. The company was so happy it dispensed with the name Donkey Town and renamed it Gillette. The company politely declined Gillette’s suggestion that his crew be paid a commission on the money saved.

Construction moved ahead in 1892 to Suggs where a bridge had already been built to cross Powder River. The company established Arvada on the opposite shore and Suggs was promptly abandoned. Although a spur line to Buffalo had already been located and let out for bids, thanks to the Johnson County War, those plans were scrapped and never revisited.

Eventually a narrow-gauge line was constructed from Buffalo to Clearmont and operated for more than 40 years before being abandoned.

For the struggling cow town of Sheridan, the arrival of the railroad in November, 1892, was a godsend. Many residents were facing loan foreclosures due to an ailing economy. With the coming of the railroad, and the jobs created, plus contracts with local companies for a wide variety of goods and services, most of those loans were paid in full within thirty days of its arrival. The ready availability of coal, timber and other natural resources convinced railroad officials to make Sheridan their western headquarters, and it served as the end-of-the-line terminus for another year and a half while the company waited out a national economic crisis and a permit to cross through the Crow reservation. In 1894 the rails finally crossed into Montana and were joined to the Northern Pacific.

All along its path through northeastern Wyoming, the railroad birthed a many “lesser” communities wherever there was a need for water and fuel – roughly every 15 miles. Some, such as Rozet, Osage, Oriva, Echeta, Arvada and Leiter, still exist, if only in name. Others, such as Thornton, Minturn, and Felix, have long since disappeared.

The Burlington Line, whether parented by CB&Q, B&M, or Burlington Northern, remained the dominate influence of in-

dustry in northeast Wyoming for more than half a century.

Towns thrived or withered based on decisions made by the company. Sheridan quickly became the largest town in the area due to the railroad facilities located there. Newcastle also fared well with the railroad and remained an important supply point with its coal, timber and oil.

Buffalo, which had been a ranching and agricultural center for a decade before the coming of the railroad, lost prominence when the railroad decided not to build a line there. Sundance

was also passed over for a spur line and community growth slowed as a result. Moorcroft became a victim of the railroad’s decision making when it was decided to place a major livestock yard for shipping in the fledgling community of Gillette rather than expanding an existing stockyard in Moorcroft.

But the biggest benefactor of the Burlington Line in northeast Wyoming was the rowdy tenttown named after Edward Gillette. Although the existence of coal and oil were known at the time of its establishment, not much emphasis was placed on

it at the time. But perhaps due to its location, roughly halfway between Sheridan and Newcastle, the railroad not only chose it for a livestock shipping point, but also built a round-house and repair shed. Many of the line’s engineers, firemen and conductors were housed there in company-provided quarters.

The town later became a major shipping point of wool, grain and coal. Today, an unimaginable amount of coal is shipped out of the county every day by rail, much of it over the path of the original Burlington Line.

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